Sunday, November 29, 2015

Mark Summers Batman 66 Print From French Paper Art Club

French Paper Art Club have released this Mark Summers art work, officially commissioned as part of their on going Batman 75 year long celebration. A gorgeous piece of art dedicated to the cult Batman TV shows of the 60s. It’s an incredible 18 color screen print.

About Mark Summers :Mark Summers has devoted the past 35 years of his career to the technique of scratchboard. His career started off primarily in the newspaper industry, with clients like the New York Times, the Chicago Times, the Wall Street Journal and many others. He has worked for every major magazine, and has contributed work for Rolling Stone, Newsweek, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated and numerous covers for Time. Mark has contributed covers for most of the major publishers in the world and has collaborated with James Michener and Issac Asimov amongst others. He has also done lavishly illustrated volumes of Poe, Dickens, "Moby Dick", "Gulliver's Travels". Mr. Summers has also designed and published 16 stamps for the United States Postal Service, as well as The Royal Mail and Canada Post. His work is best remembered for his decade long collaboration with Barnes and Noble, where he created the visual persona of their stores, doing portraits of famous authors that decorated their walls. For his work Mark has received 6 medals from the Society of Illustators in New York and last count he had received just over 350 awards at home and globally. http://marksummers.prosite.com